Research Reviews

In amongst the many journal articles, research documents and papers about the use of digital technologies in education, from time to time a real gem surfaces. This research post is just that. DERN is able to make available, with the generous permission of Intel Corporation, a very astute and succinct global research document on transformative education policy which has a focus on the use of ICT in education.
The paper by Dr Robert Kozma, on education policy comes in two parts. The first, Education Policy: ICT and Transformative Education Policy is a general paper outlining the characteristics of transformative education policy and the role of ICT in that process. What is really impressive is that Kozma's model is based on the notion that, 'Transformative policies address the systemic nature of education' (p.3) because old education models do not work.

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Australian Educational Technologies Trends (AETT) report
Over 100 leading Australian and international educators and experts concerned with Australian education contributed to this report on how Educational Technologies and the computing curriculum is currently being implemented in Australian schools, and the changes that may occur in the near future (5 years).